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Stock Market Trend Today

How is the overall stock market doing?November 19, 2018 - The overall stock market year to date is up 0.26% and weekly change is down -1.75%. All the three primary trends (long term, mid-term and short term) for overall stock market are faltering.

The overall Smart Investing & Trading Score (measures stock trend from 0-bearish to 100-bullish) is 8 which puts US stock market in short term bearish trend. The trend score from previous trading session is 45 and hence a deterioration of trend.

Current trends of some popular stocks?Here are the Smart Investing & Trading Scores (measures current stock uptrend from 0-bearish to 100-bullish) of the most requested stocks at 12Stocks.com (click stock for review):

Which are the best performing stocks this year? Which stocks are performing better recently?

The Hot Stocks of 2018.Here, in this section, we
quickly review the best performing stocks year to date. Then, we take a deep dive into today's stock market for best investing opportunities.

First, let us
take a look at the top ten performers year to date in the
S&P 100 index (this contains most popular and commonly held US
stocks). The top twelve leaders so far this year are (click on stock name for detailed analysis)

In a glance, the year-to-date (YTD) performances & comparisons of major asset classes:

In the sections below, we take a detailed look at movers and shakers within each
market segment in our quest to find best performing individual stocks and exchange
traded funds.

Top Performing Sectors

Since best performing stocks can be mostly found in best performing sectors, which sectors are doing great currently?

Most stocks, if not all, move in the same
direction as their sector (energy, tech, etc). Sector analysis helps in
identifying current trends and identify best investing opportunities.
One can invest in individual stocks in a particular sector or
invest in exchange traded funds that track various sectors and
sub-sectors.

How are the global markets doing? Which countries or regional stock markets are performing or trending better currently?

US investors can now easily invest across the world using stocks and
exchange traded funds.

The global investing world can be
segmented into Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe.

Another way to
look at it from investing point of view is - Developed Markets and
Emerging Markets. Emerging markets like China, Brazil & India provide some of the best investing
growth opportunities today.

Year to date performances of major global exchange traded funds that invest in
international markets:-

One can implicitly participate by buying
stocks of companies involved in commodity business. Or now, one can explicitly buy
exchange traded funds (ETF) that track specific commodities like oil,
gold and silver.

Now, let us see how the major
commodities are faring year to date. First, the commodity trackers -

In a glance, a quick overview of year-to-date performances of major commodities:

We do
in depth analysis in our commodity guides to identify best performing sector/subsector exchange traded funds and individual stocks. You can find our comprehensive coverage of commodities and related stocks at the following pages:
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